Team OPLL- A RWBY Story. Volume 4

Chapter 11: An Unexpected Encounter

TJ's POV

I knocked on CFVY's door. This time not at five in the morning but at the more respectful, and agreed upon, 9:30am. They came out a few minutes later, fully dressed with weapons.

"Morning. Ready for your official Vacuo tour?" I asked.

"Sure. First stop, clothing stores." Coco said.

I laughed. "Well...first stop is meeting up with someone. Remember team BRNZ?"

"Sure. they fought JNPR in the Vytal festival. Good fighters from what I remember." Yatsu said.

"They were. Three of them died in the Fall. Brawnz, Roy, and May. We've been helping the survivor, Nolan, try to get back on his feet. He's going to come with us today."

"Gods...I hadn't heard. That's awful." Velvet said.

"We hadn't either until a few days ago. Merrick's friends with Nolan so Professor Nightingale asked him to talk to him the day after we arrived. I told him to meet us by the entrance. He's a good guy. We can trust him."

Coco nodded and the eight of us headed towards the entrance, chatting along the way about CFVY's adjustment to the new school.

"So far, the classes have been fine. Professor Bloodwynd's combat class has been interesting. She threw Yatsu across the room day one, just to show that size doesn't matter with appropriate leverage and force." Coco said.

We chuckled as we reached the entrance hall and saw Nolan leaning against a wall. He looked the same has he did in the Vytal festival, except for his rose-colored sunglasses which he now permanently wore. When he saw us, he pushed off the wall and walked over to meet us.

"Hey guys."

Merrick came up and clasped hands with him before bringing him into a hug, something they did every time they saw each other. He then shook hands with CFVY and formal introduced himself.

"Sorry about crashing your party." He said.

"Don't worry about it. You're more than welcome to join our little group." Velvet said.

Coco nodded. "V's right. The more the merrier."

He gave a small smile and nodded. "Thanks."

The nine of us turned and walked out of the academy.

"First things first, you have to understand the layout of Vacuo. Think of it like a dart board, with three rings surrounding a core. The core is where the few rich people in Vacuo live. People around here call it the Oasis. Then you got the inner ring, Home District. Its where most citizens live, though by Vale terms they'd be lower class. The middle ring, where we're at now, is known as the Business District. It's where most of the stores, shops, and business are located as well as the academy. Then you got the Outer Ring. It's where the...less civilized parts of Vacuo are. Casinos, cheap hotels, drug dens, prostitution, underground fight clubs, the works. It's the largest ring, and the people who live there are either bad to the core or just trying to get by or get out. Officially it's named the Guard District, because it started out as a place for the military and guards to reside to guard the desert wall but over time, the military shrank, and crime grew. Now its known as the Lower District. People from there aren't thought of in the best light unfortunately." I explained.

"Damn. So, classism instead of racism then?" Coco said.

"Oh no there's still racism a plenty, mostly in the Home District and Oasis. The Business District is less picky because Faunus Lien spends the same as human Lien. As for the Lower District, it's everyone for themselves." I said.